good-times-rollin: Willow Creek Dog Park

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Point of Rocks RV Park

Prescott, AZ

May 15, 2025

The first time I saw this Common Raven was a few days before my last post. He was in the bird bath and hanging out both sides. This huge glossy black bird has visited a few times at the bird bath and perched on our fence since that first visit. They are considered to be among the smartest of all birds. The last time I saw him perched on the fence with his beak wide open and a huge rock in it. Sue said he would bring us gifts which I had read about years ago and I think that rock was a gift for us.

Before we packed on Saturday and headed north on Sunday, we had one last walk with Lucy on Friday night. It was a really pretty sunset walk that all three of us enjoyed.

And sweet little Lucy did a good job (well, mostly a good job) entertaining herself on Saturday as we were busy.

Lucy hides under or behind the kitchen table when she is doing something she knows she shouldn't be.

Early morning visitors as the sun was coming up Sunday morning and I was filling the bird bath.

Just like all those years we lived full-time in the RV, I still get excited about travel day.

Point of Rocks RV Park in Prescott (pronounced Presscut for friends and family back east) has been on the list over 10 years. Yes, we have visited Prescott on day trips when staying at Distant Drums in Camp Verde, but never had the opportunity to stay here. P of Rs has a two dog limit and we always exceeded that limit with the Tan Clan. Now it is just Lucy.

Two of us are nosey, but I don't sit in the dash !

P of Rs is a beautiful park nestled in the Granite Dells with trees, birds, flowers, boulders, gravel level sites, full hook-up, and a camp store with ice cream. And, if that's not enough, it is just a short distance from anywhere we might want to go or anything we might want to do.

A young short-needle pine,

a towhee hiding in the shadows (early morning),

the four-o'clocks are blooming,

and rounded, lumpy geological formations with exposed granite dated at about 1,400 million years old make this a great destination.

There is a trail from the park to Watson Lake. Watson Lake Park is 1/4 mile and the water is 1/2 mile further. We haven't done that walk/hike yet, but we did venture around the corner and what a pretty view it was overlooking the valley.

Prescott has a great off-leash doggie park about 3 miles away. We have been every day. Willow Creek Dog Park is so clean and we have met the nicest pups and friendliest people there. There is a big fenced area for small pups and a huge fenced area for large pups. The pups have turf for running, chasing and playing fetch, obstacles for playing, and fresh water.